Panel: Unravelling craft, technology and practical knowledge at the 4S/EASST Conference, August 31 – September 3, 2016.
Deadline: February 21, 2016
Craftwork has long been synonymous with handmade, bodily engagements with tools and materials. New, often digital, technologies are currently reconfiguring craftwork in unexpected ways, and these emerging craft-technology practices are opening up new domains for generative material thinking and sensory practical knowledge. This intersection of craft and thought, making and knowing, tradition and innovation is the focus of this session.
This panel invites creative contributions that engage with the re-conceptualisation, re-invention and re-enactment of craft practices in contemporary life, using a broad definition of craft. We specifically call for reflexive collaborative work that brings craftspeople/practitioners/artists and academics/theorists together in dialogue, not necessarily only verbally.
Topics addressed might include:
- Alternative sites of craft and knowledge production such as the maker movement, fablabs and artistic research
- Intersections between craft and knowledge economy, in particular cases such as the textile industry
- Cases of sensory knowledge as shaped by/through (digital) technologies
- Changing notions of skilled work and craftsmanship in professional and artistic fields such as architecture, design, medicine and engineering
If you would like to discuss the relevance of your paper to the open track or how a more practical session might work, please contact [email protected] and [email protected].
The calls for all the tracks for the 2016 conference can be found at:
http://www.nomadit.co.uk/easst/easst_4s2016/panels.php5?View=All%20Themes
The panel can be found at: http://www.nomadit.co.uk/easst/easst_4s2016/panels.php5?PanelID=3932
More information about the conference at: http://www.sts2016bcn.org/
